Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art
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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most
Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.
White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.
Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.
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Isabel Lamporte, Contributing Photographer
Isabel Lamporte, New York USA (P628)
Enjoy this beautiful photo of our new Contributing Photographer, Isabel Lamporte!
Isabel comments, “Hello everyone, my name is Isabel Lamporte. I am a volunteer researching neuro aesthetics and a contributing photographer for Healing Photo Art. I am volunteering from Florence, Italy and it has been an incredible experience. I got connected with the foundation through Syracuse University, where I am an Environmental and Interior Design major. So, my studies and career connect directly with the mission of the foundation to create medical spaces more comfortable for all the people that use it. I love using my photography as inspiration for my interior projects and hope I can continue to make a positive impact by contributing to Healing Photo Art!”
Chloé-Eloïse Mallet, Contributing Photographer
Chloé-Eloïse Mallet, Cape Town, South Africa (P627)
Many thanks to Chloé-Eloïse Mallet, our new Contributing Photographer, for her lovely photo!
Chloé-Eloïse comments, “My name is Chloe-Eloise and this semester I am working with the healing photo art foundation as a volunteer and contributing photographer. Elaine’s mission resonates with me. As a Film and TV Production major, I believe in the healing powers of visual media and I am honored to be able to contribute to this mission. The first photo I have contributed is really special to me because it was taken in the country I grew up in: South Africa. I am excited to share the comfort and joy that sunsets in the Western Cape always used to give me!”
